Head to head
2
Hard
0
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
2
Carpet
0
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Mel Purcell's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1988 | Queen's Club | Grass | R64 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1985 | Philadelphia | Carpet | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1983 | Cincinnati | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 4-6 6-1 |
| 1982 | Los Angeles-1 | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1982 | Monterrey | Carpet | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1981 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-3 7-6 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.